Saturday, November 2, 2013

"A mortal human being who has no
respect for Me as the Supersoul always situated in every living being, but
nevertheless worships the deity, is just imitating. Someone who in worship of
the deity disregards Me as the Supreme Ruler and Supersoul present in all
beings, is in his ignorance only offering oblations into the ashes. He who
offers Me his respects but is envious with others being present, lives in his
campaigning against others in enmity and will never find peace of mind. Oh
sinless one, I am certainly not pleased when they who manage to worship Me in
My deity form with all paraphernalia, are not of respect for other living
beings."............Srimad
Bhagavatam, 3:29:21-24

"Then the King will say to those on
his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the
kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and
you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I
was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him,
'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you
something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing
clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit
you?' "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'..............Matthew 25: 34-40

In today's world, the concept of spirituality
comes with a very deep divide. There is spiritual practice at the ritual and
worship level and then there is the daily life in action which is totally
isolated from the spirit empowering dimension of worship. The two verses quoted
in this article come from a deep philosophical and a very practical perspective.
In Srimad Bhagavatam, Kapila explains the inseparability of recognizing the
Supersoul or Paramatma in every creation as the primary requisite for worship
of the deity or performance of any ritual.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Christ tells of
the qualities of the individual soul for the inheritance of the kingdom of
heaven as being directly linked to how in worldly life we have treated our
fellow beings.

The concept of all creations being pervaded
by the very element that constitutes the Divine Godhead is absent in our mind
due to the duality induced by our conditioned consciousness. In the
evolutionary timeline when man's consciousness was close to nature as
hunter-gatherers, this separation from all creation was absent. Jean Gebser
called it "Archaic Consciousness" and this was the consciousness of
Homo Sapiens 200,000 years before It was a time where our hominid ancestors
were entirely at home with the natural world.

Jungian psycho-historian Eric Neumann
referred to this period in terms of the mythological serpent Oroboros, a symbol
of enfolded consciousness. But as the rational mind started to develop through sensory
inputs, perception moved from the subjective identity in all perceptions to an
objective identity dominated by the Ego. This was further distorted through
literal and devious interpretation of the scriptures. Clear examples are the Israelites
being the chosen people of God and in Vedic interpretation of Manusmriti, the class
system as being applicable to a person by his physical birth rather than being
a classification of spiritual status as illuminated in the Upanishads and in
Bhagavad-Gita.

As humanity now realizes the damage we have
done to the ecosystem and to ourselves through this alienated approach, our "Integral Consciousness" should be nurtured
to recognize Divinity in all creations so that there is a responsibility and
respect to all creations, starting from the least to that of our fellow beings.

This is the illumining light that this
Diwali (festival of Light). we celebrate today. must bring to us.

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